The Chili Cookoff ended last Saturday with the annual trunk or treat. My favorite part of trunk or treat is that it forces me to have the costumes ready to go well before Halloween night. Our family didn’t have a costume theme this year (like our Classic Halloween Monsters from last year). But all the kids were happy with the results.

Ralph is a mime (and shoot! it looks like he’s trapped in a box). Maude is the Paper Bag Princess. Olive is a ballerina. Oscar is a dragon. And Betty is not that into it:

My kids are difficult about costumes – so I had to find things that “feel” like regular clothes. Luckily – Target had some great superhero pajamas (with capes) – so problem solved for the boys. Then I found Danskin ballet wear for toddlers and my daughter can be a ballerina without the stiff tutu that made her cry. But I do look forward to them leaving the toddler stage and actually getting excited about costumes.